As regular readers will know – particularly those of you who read the blog over the Christmas period – I’m a big fan of board games, especially those that come in small packages with playing time to match. Little Battle is another very small game with very few components – suitable for players of all ages – that has a […]
There’s a cute concept at the heart of The Muddles; players try to create ‘Muddles’ – funny little hybrids of two animals – in an effort to score the most points by the end of the game. The cards have amusing, simple and childlike illustrations, along with humorous names for the Muddles themselves. The problem is that there’s very little […]
Unofficially, this week seems to have become board game week for me; after writing a few board game focused reviews, I thought it’d be a good idea to continue spotlighting […]
My love for gaming in all forms – including board and card games – is well documented elsewhere in my writing and I’ve also written quite a bit about my […]
Out now on Switch (£20.29/$24.99) I’m not sure what I expected when I played Goonya Fighter for the first time; going in blind, except for seeing screenshots, I had no […]
I’d forgotten how brutal Viva Pinata can be. Courtesy of Rare Replay – yes, I’m definitely making great use of Game Pass, thank you – I’ve had another chance to […]
Out Now – Version Played: Xbox One X (£15.99) I need to start this review with a few important details – firstly, I don’t drive in real life. There’s quite […]
As my previous arcade article went down so well, I thought I’d follow it up with another – especially as I ventured further out than Bournemouth at the weekend, ending […]
Version Played: Wii Current CEX Price: £2.50 I was – technically – way too old for Spongebob when it first came out; however, I must admit that even the title […]
Catch a Duck – Out now on Switch – £4.49/$4.99 – Published by Ultimate Games SA In the 70s and 80s, there seemed to be a lot of animation to be found in a wobbly, hand-drawn and charming style – think Roobarb or Henry’s Cat, for example. It was this type of cartoon that I was most reminded of when […]
Though I often cover Wii games that can pretty much be bought for pennies, occasionally I’ll venture into a slightly higher price range. The exception I made this time is for Scooby Doo: First Frights – having always been a fan, I thought I’d give this a try, especially as the blurb and cover art looked so appealing. Though I […]
Available from http://www.andhegames.com My love for tabletop RPGs (TTRPGs) started a long time ago – way back in the early 80s, when I became obsessed with Dungeons & Dragons. I’d […]
Another day, another Wii retrospective. Spider-Man: Friend or Foe is a real oddity; a game that comes with an ‘Official Movie Merchandise’ logo both in-game and on the box, but, […]
With the Switch, Nintendo have a console that has incredibly healthy indie support; though there’s definitely some terribly cynical cash grabs for sale on the eShop, there’s also a huge […]
There’s something incredibly pleasing about playing with clay. The feel, the smell, the endless possibilities that come with just a few different coloured lumps of squishy goodness. There’s a magic that’s hard to capture in games, mostly because the majority of the joy inherent in playing with clay comes from the tactile nature of it – it’s difficult to translate […]
Adapting books to film is a delicate balancing act that, even when successful, will often yield grumbly clichés from viewers who proclaim that the book was better – all the while ignoring the fact that a 500 page novel is a very different beast to a two hour film. Imagine, then, the difficulty inherent in translating a video game to […]
